<p>anyone going for this? also is it in my best interest to include teacher recs for admission?</p>
<p>You apply for the President's Scholarship when you apply for admission. I don't think they want recs.</p>
<p>yea, i was just wonderin if anyone was applying this early. I mean the deadline is pre ED for most schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess it's pretty early. Stanford SCEA is 11/1 though... I am so behind...</p>
<p>I applied last week. I'm pretty confident I'll get in, but i don't know about the scholarship. What do yall think?</p>
<p>Stats: 2260 (800M/740CR/720W)
800 Math IIC, 790 US History, 730 Chemistry.
1/500. 4.0uw GPA w/ lots of AP and honors.<br>
AP Scores: 5's on Stat, US History, English Language, Psych.
4's on Chemistry and European History.<br>
Currently taking 6 more APs.
ECs: President of Mu Alpha Theta. Captain of Math Team w/ several placings. Memberships in Science Club, NHS, Beta, etc.
Worked part time for past year at local used bookstore.</p>
<p>With those stats, I'm guessing that you're pretty much a shoe in for semifinalist. Wow, if everyone had your stats I'm in trouble.</p>
<p>Does anybody know anybody who got finalist in the past? What kind of stats and ECs do they usually have?</p>
<p>Last year most seminfinalists scored 1300+ on the SAT and 3.6+ GPA, however there were certainly exeptions to that profile. Clearly leadership and your writing are quite important as well. Ultimately, interviews and recs play into this too.</p>
<p>some lady called me and asked if i knew the site. i said <a href="http://www.gatech.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.gatech.edu</a>, but she meant the <a href="http://psp.gatech.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://psp.gatech.edu/</a> site instead... oh well... but uh, yeah... how many ppl get this far?</p>
<p>EDIT: oh right... you guys prolly want stats...
Asian
800 Math, 730 CR, 650 Writing
800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Biology E (but SAT IIs don't count, i suppose)</p>
<p>violin - concertmaster of the school orchestrain 9th grade and did concertos twice
pipe organ at church
piano
did UCF programming camp over the summer twice
did programming competitions</p>
<p>essay was about water balloon ballista that used a surgical tubing's elastic potential energy to shoot a water balloon 70 meters.</p>
<p>I think that's all I included in the application.</p>
<p>Has anybody gotten an actual letter yet? Somebody from GT called me a few weeks back and asked if I could do an interview next month, but nothing official. I guess we just sit tight and wait.</p>
<p>I got the admission letter in the mail today and someone just called me to tell me I was a PS semifinalist. He said the letter for PS would come next week, but I could get info form the website now if I wanted.</p>
<p>I received a letter today saying I was not a semifinalist.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
ACT: 33
SAT: M:750 CR:610 W:670
GPA: 4.1W, 3.7UW
APs: 5 on BC Calc, 4 on Stats, 3 on AP Language
Currently taking 3 APs, self studying 2, and taking 2 college courses.
EC: Varsity Softball, Math Team, Robotics Club, heavily involved in Church Youth Group, various volunteer jobs, no work experience
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>The pool must be really competitive this year. Good luck to the rest of you.</p>